BUSINESS CUP · Finale Race⏱ 1h38

The endurance final at Lyon&Valence Karting (1,100-metre circuit) took place on September 3, 2026, bringing together 17 teams for a 97-minute race that delivered a closely contested battle from start to finish.

GROUPE BOUILLIER 2 (kart #6) claimed the overall victory, leading the field by a margin described as Tour 79 — reflecting a dominant performance across the race distance. LOPES TP (kart #23) crossed the line one lap down in second position, while MARTIN 1 (kart #31) completed the podium three laps behind the winner with 75 laps completed and a best lap of 57.168s.

GROUPE BOUILLIER 3 (kart #27) finished fourth with 76 laps and posted the fastest lap of the entire race — a stunning 56.860s — making them the benchmark in terms of outright pace. SD MENUISERIE (kart #2) took fifth with 75 laps and a best lap of 58.146s, while GROUPE BOUILLIER 1 (kart #24) rounded out the top six, 14.250s clear of seventh-placed LM CHARPENTE (kart #18), both on 74 laps.

Further down the order, PLATTARD INDISTRIE (kart #19) secured eighth with 73 laps (best lap: 1:00.140), ahead of PRAXIS (kart #16) in ninth on 72 laps. SANIDEAL 1 (kart #5) finished tenth, FRERES ALAGOZ (kart #17) eleventh with 71 laps, and GROUPE BOUILLIER 4 (kart #26) in twelfth. SANIDEAL 2 (kart #22) took 13th with 71 laps, ATEC (kart #10) 14th on 69 laps. MARTIN 2 (kart #11), MARTIN 3 (kart #1), and GROUPE BOUILLIER 5 (kart #29) completed the field in 15th, 16th, and 17th positions respectively.

Race analysis — what the data reveals: The most striking finding concerns GROUPE BOUILLIER 3, who posted both the best median pace (59.914s) and the best consistency of the race (standard deviation of just 0.99s), yet finished only fourth. Their pure speed advantage over MARTIN 1 (median 1:00.143s, σ 1.41s) and SD MENUISERIE (median 1:00.535s, σ 1.96s) was clear and uncontested in terms of raw performance.

GROUPE BOUILLIER 1 stood out for its consistency despite a 1:00.716s median — a standard deviation of 1.18s placed them among the more disciplined teams in the field. PRAXIS, in contrast, displayed the widest variation in lap times of any analysed team (σ 2.47s), pointing to an irregular pace that likely cost them positions over the full race distance. A notable performance gap also emerges for SANIDEAL 2: ranked 8th on pace but only 13th at the flag, their result suggests time was lost away from the timed laps.

Key takeaways for teams: On the Lyon&Valence 1,100-metre circuit, raw pace alone does not guarantee results — consistency and lap-time management across a 97-minute stint prove equally decisive. GROUPE BOUILLIER 3's near-perfect regularity (σ 0.99s) makes their fourth-place finish a stark reminder of how overall classification is shaped by factors beyond pure speed. Teams looking to progress should focus on reducing lap-time variance throughout their stint.